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1999-08-18 Thread Gleydson Mazioli da Silva
Ola, Alguém da lista sabe qual pacote da Debian contém o arquivo newt.h? Recentemente precisei fazer uma reinstalação da Debian e esqueci o nome do pacote que abriga este arquivo. Antecipadamente agradeço --- gleydson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] MailBR - O

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1999-08-18 Thread Leandro Dutra
Alguém da lista sabe qual pacote da Debian contém o arquivo newt.h? Use o último formulário em http://www.br.debian.org./distrib/packages/ A resposta é: FILE PACKAGE usr/include/newt.h

Re: confusing X problem

1999-08-18 Thread Patrick Olson
The only way I know to approach a problem like this is to get the system to a known state, and then proceed with a step-by-step analysis to reduce the number of variables, and isolate the problem. I would suggest something like the following: That sounds good, but I'm not really sure how to

FW: Kernel panic!

1999-08-18 Thread david . cureton
I used to get the same thing (Debian 2.0) on the first disk access after my PC went into suspended mode. I thought it was the powersave features of the bios but I didn't have the correct utilities to turn it off. (Too lazy to download them) On a long shot I used the utility hdparm to turn off

Re: Xemacs Prcs problem (still persists)

1999-08-18 Thread Prashanth Mundkur
On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Patrick Olson wrote: That file is in a package named prcs. If you go into dselect and install the prcs package, it should be able to load prcs.el. The problem persists. I removed my prcs and reinstalled it. The installation gave the following messages: Setting up

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Re: Xemacs Prcs problem (still persists)

1999-08-18 Thread Patrick Olson
On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Prashanth Mundkur wrote: Setting up prcs (1.2.11-7) ... install/prcs: Byte-compiling for emacsen flavour xemacs20 Compiling /usr/share/xemacs20/site-lisp/prcs/prcs.el... ** Variable reference to constant :buffer ** Variable reference to constant :force [...]

Re: [Summary] UPS anyone?

1999-08-18 Thread John Pearson
On Tue, Aug 17, 1999 at 11:34:35AM -0600, Gary L. Hennigan wrote Peter S Galbraith [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [snip] Unresolved questions: - What do we get for smart mode? I presume more info about the state of the UPS and the line condition gets to the user software. But can

Re: Mail-question; Quick One!

1999-08-18 Thread John Pearson
On Tue, Aug 17, 1999 at 09:43:30PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Ok let me get this straight: I use a total of three (four) apps to read my mail: (pppd(pon) connects to my ISP,) fetchmail gets the mail, passes it on to exim, which sends it to the (one and only) user: me, and I finally invoke

Re: Samba and /etc/passwd

1999-08-18 Thread Martin Bialasinski
* Debian == Debian Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Debian So every user has to use passwd AND smbpasswd every time he Debian wants to change his password? You can sync them, so that users can use the windows dialog to change the samba and unix password. See the comments im smb.conf about password

Weird XServer Problem!

1999-08-18 Thread Ing. Rodin Fadul
My Xserver allows ONLY root user to login. Any other user, it just makes as it is going to conect normally, and then it comes to the login prompt again. PS. How can I make Xserver NOT start automatic. Thanks in advance for your help! _ Do

Re: strange pppd question

1999-08-18 Thread Don Strayer
On Tue, Aug 17, 1999 at 01:11:13AM -0500, Brad wrote: On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Nathan E Norman wrote: So, how to discover that pppd is up and running on a link? Perhaps I'm being incredibly dense here (I'm sure I am) but I don't see how to do it Put a script in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d to send

Re: Need exim to rewrite Sender header

1999-08-18 Thread Martin Bialasinski
* Eric == Eric G Miller egm2@jps.net wrote: Eric On Fri, Aug 13, 1999 at 09:37:06PM +0200, Martin Bialasinski wrote: Eric snip Eric | You do this in the remote_smtp transport. Eric | headers_remove = sender Eric | headers_add = ${header_from} Eric That didn't work. Perhaps because I'm

Re: which pgp package?

1999-08-18 Thread Chris Gushue
Thus wrote Steve Gore ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [99.08.17 21:03]: I'm new to pgp. It seems that there are many pgp packages in potato, ie pgp-us, pgp-i, pgp5i. Which one I should use? Personally, I use the GNU Privacy Guard (GPG): http://www.gnupg.org It's currently in beta - what isn't in

Re: Setting up Exim

1999-08-18 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Tue, Aug 17, 1999 at 07:57:39PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Allright, maybe this is a stupid question, but I'm stuck: | In X, I open a xterm and type eximconfig. I supply my mailserver's id and | tell it where to put the mail (in the sole user's account: mine!). Not too | difficult, even

Re: Setting up Exim

1999-08-18 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Tue, Aug 17, 1999 at 09:29:12PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Thanks for the quick response. | Yes, it seems I can mail myself. I started mail and sent a message to | viggo (my local username). It arrived promptly, and I was able to read it. | I can not, however, find any file by that name

Re: Weird XServer Problem!

1999-08-18 Thread Brad
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Ing. Rodin Fadul wrote: My Xserver allows ONLY root user to login. Any other user, it just makes as it is going to conect normally, and then it comes to the login prompt again. i had this problem once, it turned out that the permissions

Printing problem..

1999-08-18 Thread Steve Gore
I'm running a pure potato box, using lprng and a2ps. My printer is a Brother M-1824L dot-matrix using Epson emulation. I've selected the Epsom driver from apsfilterconfig. The problem is that printed output runs over the page length. I'm using tractor-feed, letter size paper. I have selected

Re: httpd: cannot determine local host name

1999-08-18 Thread André Bell
How do I give my local machine a host name? Try running hostname and hostname -f. If you get the same output i.e. no domain shown with hostname -f, then that is the problem. In my case I had an entry in /etc/hosts such as 192.168.1.1fred instead of the correct 192.168.1.1

DNA required for intranet?

1999-08-18 Thread André Bell
Apache tells me httpd: cannot determine local host name. Use the ServerName directive to set it manually. While I'm at it, is it necessary to setup a DNS in order to give a server a name? I've no intention of going online with this particular pc. Thanks. Andre'

Re: httpd: cannot determine local host name

1999-08-18 Thread André Bell
Try running hostname and hostname -f. If you get the same output i.e. no domain shown with hostname -f, then that is the problem. In my case I had an entry in /etc/hosts such as 192.168.1.1 fred instead of the correct 192.168.1.1 fred.my.domain.tld fred Hello Lindsay, I don't have a

Re: permissions/ownership of /tmp

1999-08-18 Thread Eric G . Miller
Output from $ ls -dsn /tmp drwxrwxrwt 7 002048 Aug 17 20:39 /tmp/ As far as the StarOffice Installer, I don't know. I just grabbed SO5.1 from their site and installed it in my home directory. You could install it in /usr/local by using the /net option to ./setup. At least,

Re: DNA required for intranet?

1999-08-18 Thread William T Wilson
On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, [iso-8859-1] Andr? Bell wrote: While I'm at it, is it necessary to setup a DNS in order to give a server a name? I've no intention of going online with this particular pc. No. DNS is only necessary if you want to go on the Internet. If you are not on any network (or if

how to format mySeagate ST33210A

1999-08-18 Thread Ralph Winslow
I just got a new HD and tried to format it using my Debian 1.0 Installation Boot Emergency disk set. I made the disk primary and unplugged my current 2.1Mb drive and booted the first disk and partitioned using the second (Ramdisk). I made a 100Mb swap and the rest, ~3Gb, Linux bootable, then

Re: DNA required for intranet?

1999-08-18 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Tue, Aug 17, 1999 at 05:31:48PM -0700, André Bell wrote: | Apache tells me httpd: cannot determine local host name. Use the | ServerName directive to set it manually. | | While I'm at it, is it necessary to setup a DNS in order to give a server a | name? I've no intention of going online

Re: DNA required for intranet?

1999-08-18 Thread Matthew Dalton
William T Wilson wrote: No. DNS is only necessary if you want to go on the Internet. If you are not on any network (or if you only have a home LAN) you can do everything you need with the /etc/hosts file. Sort of... Strictly speaking, DNS is not required for internet access. More accurately,

Re: DNA required for intranet?

1999-08-18 Thread William T Wilson
On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Matthew Dalton wrote: Sort of... Strictly speaking, DNS is not required for internet access. More accurately, an end user does not have to set up DNS on his/her machine to enable him/her to go onto the internet. The internet service providers provide one or more of their

HELP : SETUP problem (DSELECT)

1999-08-18 Thread Kim, Jeong-Hwan
Hi, every one I'm trying to setup DEBIAN to my PC for the first time. I have no experience LINUX before and DEBIAN is my first linux. When I setup the DEBIAN, I encountered serious problems. I hope anyone who knows the reasons of those let me know it. My problem is as

Re: HELP : SETUP problem (DSELECT)

1999-08-18 Thread Matthew Dalton
Hi, Kim, Jeong-Hwan wrote: (1) I cound not install any package I copied the binary files from FTP mirror site to my hard disk. When I set up the DEBIAN the dSELECT program is lauched. But when I entered ACCESS menu I selected harddisk and put the name /dev/hda1 ( My hard disk is

Re: Kernel Compilation Error?

1999-08-18 Thread Mark Wagnon
On Wed 08/18/99 01:01AM, Heikki Vatiainen wrote: My guess is that your gcc is too new. In my potato system I have these too compilers installed: % gcc --version 2.95.1 % gcc272 --version 2.7.2.3 for me: # gcc --version egcs-2.91 (something like that) I installed the gcc and gcc272

Re: Apache: unable to use authentification

1999-08-18 Thread Bart-Jan Vrielink
On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Marc Mongeon wrote: You need to specify the AllowOverride AuthConfig directive for that directory in one of the main config files (e.g., /etc/apache/access.conf). I have AllowOverride All for this directory. I hoped that All would be enough :) Anyway, without AllowOverride

Re: Booting problems!

1999-08-18 Thread Nathan Duehr
Make sure you try the Tecra disk images, which are zImage kernels instead of bzImage kernels. There's some notes on the mirrors in the README files and in the HTML doc files of the bootdisks regarding this in the disk-i386 directory. On 16 Aug 1999, Adam Di Carlo wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how to connect client xserver to networked host?

1999-08-18 Thread Nathan Duehr
On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Chanop Silpa-Anan wrote: Thanks for the correction. I should've read the SSH documentation more closely. Now you have me wondering how the export DISPLAY machinename:0.0 method has been working between the office and home, since the firewall setup shouldn't allow that

rsync for potato

1999-08-18 Thread Marcus Johansson
Hi! Is there any way of using rsync to download, and keep up to date, the potato/unstable dist of Debian? /Marcus

Looking for Help w/ xfs

1999-08-18 Thread Vaughn J Lujan
Hello, I've just recently started playing w/ debian and was able to get potato installed and configured on my computer. However, I went and screwed up my X install by trying to install Accelerated X from Xig. To make a long story short, the install crapped out so I decided to go back to what

Re: rsync for potato

1999-08-18 Thread Heikki Vatiainen
Marcus Johansson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any way of using rsync to download, and keep up to date, the potato/unstable dist of Debian? I use rsync to mirror the unstable binaries and source packages. The rsync scripts I use flatten the symlinks that point to slink so that all the

HP JetDirect and Debian

1999-08-18 Thread Cleto Pescia
Hello, I am experiencing a strange problem with an HP JetDirect J2552A (firmware A.3.0.16) printer server installed in an HP DesignJet 750C plotter. I can telnet to the plotter and configure it from a Debian 2.0 box, but I can not send anything to it. I have tried *everything* reported in the

No network?

1999-08-18 Thread faoho
Hello from a newbie (please be patient!) I've just installed a std.server. I have 2 windows machines and the linux box. I can ping from one windows machine 1 (192.168.1.1) to windowsmachine 2(192.168.1.2) When I ping the linux (192.168.1.3) - ping times out. I can ping the linux box from the

/dev/mouse: not supported by device

1999-08-18 Thread Davide Anchisi
I everybody, I tryed to run XFree after configuring with xf86config. After a while that I typed startx (and the monitor came black) there is a return to comand line and appeared the message: Fatal server error: Cannot open mouse (Operation not supported by device) So I tryed gpm, with a

latest install diskettes

1999-08-18 Thread Ralph Winslow
I need these to format my new disk, I guess. Can anyone tell me where to find them? TIA -- - Ralph Winslow [EMAIL PROTECTED] The IQ of the group is that of the member whose IQ is lowest divided by the number of members.

secure tunnels

1999-08-18 Thread Hamish Moffatt
Some application software we have here (running on a Microsoft OS, even) needs to open an SSL connection to a remote server. It supports tunneling through proxy servers, but only proxy servers which require authentication. Our ISP's proxy does not require authentication, and the software can't

Re: DNA required for intranet?

1999-08-18 Thread Mario Olimpio de Menezes
On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, André Bell wrote: Apache tells me httpd: cannot determine local host name. Use the ServerName directive to set it manually. While I'm at it, is it necessary to setup a DNS in order to give a server a name? I've no intention of going online with this particular pc.

Printer question : Does the HP DeskJet 610c run under Linux ? {Was : [HELP NEEDED] The Canon LBP 660 printer under Debian (Slink)}

1999-08-18 Thread Max Lawson
Hi ! I've previously posted on question relative to the Canon LBP 660 printer. Actually, it appears that such a printer is a real LOSS as it can not be used under Linux. I've installed Debian (Slink) on my friend box and would really like her benefit from the available desktop. I'm

Re: No network?

1999-08-18 Thread Marc Mongeon
As root, type 'ifconfig' and post the output to the list. Knowledgeable people on the list (not necessarily myself) are pretty good at trouble- shooting NIC problems using this output. Marc -- Marc Mongeon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unix Specialist Ban-Koe Systems 9100 W Bloomington Fwy

Re: IP-Masquerade

1999-08-18 Thread Mario Olimpio de Menezes
On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Guilherme Soares Zahn wrote: Hi there, today I was trying to set our computers to do IP-Masquerading (we'll be changing our external provider, and while the old one did the masquerading for us, the now one doesn't)... I tried to do everything as explained in the

Re: xemacs at console won't suspend

1999-08-18 Thread Jan Vroonhof
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've had some problems running xemacs20 (mule) on the console and it going into an error loop of some kind when resizing the console or killing gpm. I usually run my emaxen under 'screen', mostly because I switch around terminals so often. The gpm part is fixed in

Re: Xemacs Prcs problem (still persists)

1999-08-18 Thread Jan Vroonhof
Prashanth Mundkur [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ** Variable reference to constant :buffer ** Variable reference to constant :force [...] ** Variable reference to constant :get-descriptor-too The messages are nothing to worry about. They are caused when a package tries to be compatible

rsync from a cron script

1999-08-18 Thread Michael Stenner
I am running rsync from a script that is executed by cron. It is intended to mirror work stuff at home. It uses my personal accounts on both ends (different accounts). Sadly, rsync returns the following error (and doesn't work :) Permission denied unexpected EOF in read_timeout Here's what

Re: How does one forward mail on EXIM?

1999-08-18 Thread Paul Miller
Kent Andersen wrote: I guess exim will use a .forward file in the users directory and if so what is the format of that file? Just put the e-mail address of where you want the e-mail to go to. I think this would be the easiest way of doing this. Hope this helps -- Paul Miller [EMAIL

Re: Printing problem

1999-08-18 Thread Paul Miller
Isabelle Poueriet wrote: lp|hplj4l|HP Laserjet 4L:\ :lp=/dev/lp1:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hplj4l:\ :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\ :if=/etc/magicfilter/ljet4m-filter:\ :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: Why use a printfilter? As far as I know, all HP

a request for a copy of your linux

1999-08-18 Thread laktouti zakaria
Laktouti zakaria 89 rue ibn batouta casablanca cp 2 Morocco tel : 21202311684 / 21203311944 im a student who wich getting your interessting software i tryed to get from ftp but it so hard while my connexion is so long and i write this letter asking if you can send me a copy of your

Re: IP-Masquerade

1999-08-18 Thread Guilherme Soares Zahn
The HOWTO suggested I should try something like ipfwadm -F -p deny (setting 'deny' as the default rule) ipfwadm -F -a masquerade -P tcp 192.168.0.0/255.255.0.0 -D 0.0.0.0/0 ^^^ is there a typo here or you're using the entire range

Re: Printing problem

1999-08-18 Thread Stephan Engelke
Hi Y'all, On Wed, Aug 18, 1999 at 07:51:10AM -0500, Paul Miller wrote: Isabelle Poueriet wrote: lp|hplj4l|HP Laserjet 4L:\ :lp=/dev/lp1:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hplj4l:\ :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\ :if=/etc/magicfilter/ljet4m-filter:\

Re: rsync from a cron script

1999-08-18 Thread Heikki Vatiainen
Michael Stenner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have included the command ssh remotehost date in order to test that ssh is working from the script (it is) -- yes, I have RSYNC_RSH set to /usr/bin/rsync ^ Shouldn't this be ssh, not rsync? Heikki,

glibc 2.1.2 and slink

1999-08-18 Thread Alexander Zhuckov
Hi! Can I safely compile and install glibc 2.1.2 (and respective dev packages) from potato on slink? -- Alexander Zhuckov [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2:5030/518.50

what do I need to upgrade perl from slink to provide perl5 virtual package?

1999-08-18 Thread Robert Varga
I have slink on my machine, and the perl which it contains. However that does not provide the perl5 virtual package. What do I need to upgrade to what, so that my packages provide perl5? It would be needed to be able to install packages dependant on it, but nothing else currently. Please

Re: rsync from a cron script

1999-08-18 Thread Chanop Silpa-Anan
What I'm doing with cron script is #!/bin/sh rsync -avCuz -e ssh whatever_directory whatever_host:whatever_directory_youwant that works all the time. chanop On Wed, Aug 18, 1999 at 08:39:42AM -0400, Michael Stenner wrote: I am running rsync from a script that is executed by cron. It is

Re: [Summary] UPS anyone?

1999-08-18 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
John Pearson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, Aug 17, 1999 at 11:34:35AM -0600, Gary L. Hennigan wrote Peter S Galbraith [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [snip] Unresolved questions: - What do we get for smart mode? I presume more info about the state of the UPS and the line

Re: HP JetDirect and Debian

1999-08-18 Thread Dpk
On Wed, Aug 18, 1999 at 11:15:30AM +0200, Cleto Pescia wrote: Hello, I am experiencing a strange problem with an HP JetDirect J2552A (firmware A.3.0.16) printer server installed in an HP DesignJet 750C plotter. I can telnet to the plotter and configure it from a Debian 2.0 box,

Re: a request for a copy of your linux

1999-08-18 Thread Peter S Galbraith
laktouti zakaria wrote: im a student who wich getting your interessting software i tryed to get from ftp but it so hard while my connexion is so long and i write this letter asking if you can send me a copy of your softwars im sorry i cant pay because i m still a student thanx a lot

RE: a request for a copy of your linux

1999-08-18 Thread Jon Hughes
I managed to get a four cd set (two source, two binary) of Debian 2.1 from Cheapbytes.com for something in the range of...12 bucks I think it was. CDs were 6 or so and shipping took up the rest. -Original Message- From: Peter S Galbraith [mailto:[EMAIL

HELP: X window Setup Problem

1999-08-18 Thread Kim, Jeong-Hwan
Hi, EveryoneI'm novice in Linux (DEBIAN) and I amsetting up my PC with debian.I installed the debian with Admin. option.But I have a problem with Xwindow.When the system boots, it tells me file cannot be found.Also when I type startx in shell, it tells me XFree86Config file cannot

newbie install problem with CD-ROM mount

1999-08-18 Thread Dave Topham
I am totally new to linux and debian. I tried to install from CD-ROM but it (a Hi-Val (MITSUMI) FX400) wasn't recognized. Following the installation instructions I tried the second choice of booting in DOS/Win first and copying installation files to the C: partition. This works OK, but still,

Best 2.2.x for Slink?

1999-08-18 Thread tjm
It's time to upgrade. Is there a recommended version of the 2.2.x kernel to use on a slink system for the least amount of problems, or should I just go for the latest that I can find? At this time, stability is more important than leading edge. thank, -- tony mollica [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: rsync from a cron script

1999-08-18 Thread Michael Stenner
On Wed, Aug 18, 1999 at 04:24:06PM +0300, Heikki Vatiainen wrote: Michael Stenner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have included the command ssh remotehost date in order to test that ssh is working from the script (it is) -- yes, I have RSYNC_RSH set to /usr/bin/rsync

[OT] StarOffice memory usage: 7 processes!

1999-08-18 Thread Rick Macdonald
When I run StarOffice 5.1, I see the following in top (sorted by memory usage). Is this normal? Mem: 256980K av, 252556K used, 4424K free, 97084K shrd, 74920K buff Swap: 261496K av, 12K used, 261484K free 75220K cached PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT LIB

Re: Installation problem

1999-08-18 Thread Kent West
nopex wrote: Hi I need some help. I have problem to boot debian installation disks (slink), it stops on detecting the scsi interface (aha 2940uw). It´s saying something about downloading instruktions. And someone told me to try to boot with a newer kernel, 2.2. But where do i find that?

Re: Apache: unable to use authentification

1999-08-18 Thread Ernest Johanson
Marc, Try checking the file permissions on your password file. It needs to be readable by the user the web server runs as. Ernest Johanson Web Systems Administrator Fuller Theological Seminary On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Bart-Jan Vrielink wrote: Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 02:49:05 +0200 (CEST) From:

Java won't run

1999-08-18 Thread Christian Dysthe
Hi, I installed Java JDK 1.1 on my potato box. Whenever I try to run a java app I get the error message below and the app won't start. What am I missing? /usr/bin/java: [: too many arguments /usr/bin/java: [: too many arguments /usr/bin/java: [: too many arguments java was not found in

Re: HELP: X window Setup Problem

1999-08-18 Thread Patrick Olson
There are several ways to do this: 1. Write the XF86Config file manually (not a lot of fun!) 2. Install package XF86Setup and run it (graphical set up program) 3. run xf86config (not so nice as the graphical program, but will make you a config file) Hope this helps, Patrick On Thu, 19 Aug

Re: Looking for Help w/ xfs

1999-08-18 Thread Patrick Olson
On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Vaughn J Lujan wrote: reinstalling. However, now when i got to start up xfs it tells me the following: xfs error: CONFIG: can't open configuration file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fs/config xfs error: fatal: couldn't read config file I took a look at the man pages and it

Re: rsync from a cron script

1999-08-18 Thread Heikki Vatiainen
Michael Stenner [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, Aug 18, 1999 at 04:24:06PM +0300, Heikki Vatiainen wrote: Michael Stenner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RSYNC_RSH set to /usr/bin/rsync ^ Shouldn't this be ssh, not rsync? Doh... Yes, it should, and

Re: How to minimize need for manual fsck after unclean unmount

1999-08-18 Thread Martin Bialasinski
* Eberhard == Eberhard Burr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Eberhard 2) similarly, get a mainboard with functioning power-off and Eberhard remove the main switch. The pooter can only be switched off Eberhard with software assistance then and you should be ok. To Eberhard switch on the computer, the D/V

Re: how to format mySeagate ST33210A

1999-08-18 Thread Jens Ritter
Ralph Winslow [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just got a new HD and tried to format it using my Debian 1.0 Installation Boot Emergency disk set. I made the disk primary and unplugged my current 2.1Mb drive and booted the first disk and partitioned using the second (Ramdisk). What do you

Re: newbie install problem with CD-ROM mount

1999-08-18 Thread Patrick Olson
I am totally new to linux and debian. I tried to install from CD-ROM but it (a Hi-Val (MITSUMI) FX400) wasn't recognized. Following the installation instructions I tried the second choice of booting in DOS/Win first and copying installation files to the C: partition. This works OK, but

Re: [OT] StarOffice memory usage: 7 processes!

1999-08-18 Thread Greg Baker
On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Rick Macdonald wrote: PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT LIB %CPU %MEM TIME COMMAND 25454 rickm 0 0 32676 31M 24772 S 0 0.0 12.7 0:00 soffice.bin 25444 rickm 20 0 32676 31M 24772 R 0 0.0 12.7 1:12 soffice.bin 25455 rickm

Re: Booting problems!

1999-08-18 Thread hj.vink
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: thank you for reading this message. The first boot for installation of debian 2.1 fails. After 'Loading linux ..' nothing happens, the machine hangs. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thank you for your replies. My original e-mail included: I tried

RE: /dev/mouse: not supported by device

1999-08-18 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
/dev/mouse is a symlink (via ln -s) from whatever is your mouse. So if your mouse is on com1 it should look like /dev/mouse - /dev/ttyS0 a ps2 is psaux.

Alpha, Linux and RAID..

1999-08-18 Thread B.C.J.O
I'm looking at building up some large web caches, and so far the systems that look best are the 21264 alpha boxes from Microway based on the DEC reference boards. These caches are going to require a fast disk array, and I've been oogling the 64bit PCI controllers from DPT.. the DPT SmartRAID V

Re: Auto-mounting and unattended boot

1999-08-18 Thread Mark Brown
On Tue, Aug 17, 1999 at 05:33:47PM +0300, Alex Shnitman wrote: I have a removable drive in a machine that doesn't have a display and is used via the network. Since the drive is removable, sometimes the machine boots without the drive, and sometimes with it. I'd like to have it mount the

Re: Printer question : Does the HP DeskJet 610c run under Linux ? {Was : [HELP NEEDED] The Canon LBP 660 printer under Debian (Slink)}

1999-08-18 Thread Colin Marquardt
* Max Lawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've previously posted on question relative to the Canon LBP 660 printer. Actually, it appears that such a printer is a real LOSS as it can not be used under Linux. I've installed Debian (Slink) on my friend box and would really like her benefit

Re: confusing X problem

1999-08-18 Thread Colin Marquardt
* Patrick Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That sounds good, but I'm not really sure how to accomplish step-by-step analysis with X. Everything seems to be just fine until I try to run X. Even then, everything seems fine except for the power on and power off entries in /var/log/xdm.log and

APACHE : server doesn't start

1999-08-18 Thread Oliver
Hi, I've a problem. I compiled the fastcgi module and tried to install (compiling OK). But apxs prompts: apxs : ERROR : config file /etc/apache/apache.conf not found I think in /etc/apache/httpd.conf should be following entry: LoadModule fastcgi_module /usr/lib/apache/1.3/mod_fastcgi.so After

Sound programs

1999-08-18 Thread Jocke
Hi all, Just some small wonderings concerning sound configurations. I have a Soundblaster Live that I can play .au files on by piping (AS ROOT ONLY) $ cat sound.au /dev/audio Been reading the Howtos and understand that I need some more things installed. Is there a list of a basic working sound

Can I get new, but *not* updated packages from unstable?

1999-08-18 Thread Joe Emenaker
For a long time, I've had a policy of updating my servers from stable *and* unstable because I wanted the newly packaged stuff but also, more importantly, because I wanted bug fixes for security holes asap... without having to wait for the next official release of Debian. Well, it seems that bug

Re: rsync from a cron script

1999-08-18 Thread Adam Shand
I am running rsync from a script that is executed by cron. It is intended to mirror work stuff at home. It uses my personal accounts on both ends (different accounts). Sadly, rsync returns the following error (and doesn't work :) Permission denied unexpected EOF in read_timeout i've

Re: Xemacs Prcs problem (still persists)

1999-08-18 Thread Prashanth Mundkur
Hi, I think I figured out the problem. The culprit seems to be in the file /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50prcs.el in the highlighted line (if (string-match ^19. emacs-version) === (setq load-path (nconc load-path (list (concat /usr/share/

Re: OFF-TOPIC: hardware advice needed.

1999-08-18 Thread Steve Stancliff
I have an Acer Extensa 390, and I would not buy another Acer laptop. Acer has very good repair service, very fast and friendly. But how did I find that out? The unit needed repairs! I went through a keyboard, CDROM drive and battery under warranty. Post-warranty, the case has started falling

Re: httpd: cannot determine local host name

1999-08-18 Thread John Lapeyre
I had this problem recently helping someone with a potato system. The mahcine was not on the net. ftp , finger, telnet used the loopback device and the name in /etc/hosts and could find the local machine 'bigsky' . I am not sure why apache could not find it. But there was some file

modem

1999-08-18 Thread Craig Hancock
Hello all I ahve a problem I just installed Debian 2.1 on my laptop. I have a 3com como card 33.36 pcmcia modem/Lan card and the problem that I am having is this. When I installed the OS I used wvdial to detect my modem which it did with no problem but then when I compiled my kernel for the first

RE: Sound programs

1999-08-18 Thread Wim Kerkhoff
It sounds like a simple permissions problem. Check what your groups you are in. If you are not part of group audio, make it so. Check /dev/cdrom: is that a correct link to your CD-rom? (hdc?) On 18-Aug-99 Jocke wrote: Hi all, Just some small wonderings concerning sound configurations. I

Re: Sound programs

1999-08-18 Thread Eric Gillespie, Jr.
On Wed, Aug 18, 1999 at 10:15:50AM +0200, Jocke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Just some small wonderings concerning sound configurations. I have a Soundblaster Live that I can play .au files on by piping (AS ROOT ONLY) $ cat sound.au /dev/audio You need to add yourself to the audio